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1、Real-life aged care home for four-year-oldsIts the real-life application of a concept that stole the nations heart. Now, the theory behind the hit television series Old Peoples Home for Four-Year-Olds is playing out at a new care facility in western New South Wales. The Maranatha Gunyah Intergenerat
2、ional Learning Centre in Wellington has started welcoming residents from the neighbouring Maranatha House aged care facility. It is the first of its kind in Australia, and will offer regular interaction between residents and pre-school children in purpose-built rooms. Resident Pauline Corcoran, 82,
3、has no grandchildren of her own but she doesnt mind her new noisy neighbours. Ms Corcoran watched the centres construction from her room, and said she looked forward to doing something “different”.“We would just probably be sitting in rooms and reading or watching TV or doing activities,” she said.
4、“You sort of lose a bit of interest in the same old things all the time.“This is different, and makes you want to join in and be part of everything again.”Chairman of the project committee, Terry Frost, said he pitched the idea to the aged care centres board almost 10 years ago after an experience w
5、ith his own father. “My dad was a resident in the care unit and whenever we brought our grandchildren to see him, his eyes just lit up,” Mr Frost said.“The residents around him also came around and they enjoyed children and then it dawned on me that there was something missing from aged care and it
6、was children.”The centre is using research from Griffith Universitys Intergenerational Care Project, which promotes interactions through games, reading, and singing to combat memory loss and loneliness. Professor Anneke Fitzgerald is a lead investigator in the project and is impressed with the model
7、 of the Maranatha House.“A shared campus model is absolutely the most preferred model to have,” Professor Fitzgerald said. “The older folk would talk to one another more, they are much less cranky, much more engaging with one another, and there is less buzzer ringing during the night.”And the childr
8、en learn, too. Research has found that when children mix with older people, they are much less likely to be delinquent in their teenage years. “Their linguistic skills improve, their reflection skills (improve), they are more curious about history, and (they have) a higher level of interest in the world around them,” Professor Fitzgerald said.“It means a lot,” Ms Corcoran said. “It keeps us going, keeps us interested in what goes on in this place, and its just wonderful to have the children around to interact with.”学科网（北京）股份有限公司